GOP right pushes back on Kansas governor for closing schools

(AP) Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas are moving to limit Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s power to address the coronavirus pandemic. Their move Wednesday was a response to an order from her closing the state’s K-12 schools for the rest of the spring semester. They included language from GOP conservatives in a resolution that would extend a state of emergency declared by Kelly last week to prevent her from invoking a state law giving the governor broad powers to act to protect the state’s population. Conservatives said Kelly’s order to close schools was an overreaction. The measure also would prohibit her from confiscating guns. Kelly hasn’t suggested taking such action.